Reading Time: 13 minutesMy speech below has been the subject of some debate. In particular by my friend the new Presidential advisor on research. His response which he has circulated widely is a defensive effort most typical of other holders of the same office. However in so doing Mr. Morrison Rwakakamba makes some grave but basic mistakes. Firstly

Reading Time: 3 minutesDoing some reading to prepare for an upcoming talk I came across this odd, if bizarre reference to “Argentina House”. The reference is recorded in the official account of the “Commission of Inquiry into the Violation of Human Rights” chaired by a now deceased Ugandan judge, the late Justice Arthur Oder. What is odd about

Reading Time: 5 minutesOriginal was posted here on the ACME website From Song of Lawino And while those inside East thick honey And ghee and butter,Those in the countryside Die with the smell They re-eat the bones That were thrown away For the dogs. And those who have Fallen into things Throw themselves into soft beds, But the

Reading Time: 4 minutesHistory like Mozart is full of undulating repetitions. Reading up for a talk later this month, a friend lent me his copy of “The Report into the Commission of Inquiry into the Violation of Human Rights” that was prepared under Justice A.H.O Oder. The commission was established after 1986 to try and figure out why

Reading Time: 5 minutesBattered by a hail of seemingly incessant corruption scandals, Uganda’s accountability framework of laws, policies and institutions, are unlikely to protect its oil revenues according to the country’s financial Ombudsman, the Auditor General. It is less likely, says Mr. John Muwanga, to save the proposed Uganda National Oil Company, the state-owned corporation that will receive

Reading Time: 1 minuteOdonga Otto MP, like we like to say in Uganda is “no joking subject”. Not long before the last election he told me he was disgusted with the quality of politics and he would be quitting. He is a lawyer and a writer in fact who has written on the subject of the “theory and